Raise the rookie pay scale

Feb 17 2019 by Niners Nation

 

It backfired and it’s distorting NFL football

The rookie salary cap was designed with good intentions and for good reasons, but it’s way too low, and messing up roster building across the NFL.

A Super Bowl window used to mean a team had a good defense and an aging, elite quarterback (such as Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Phillip Rivers, Drew Brees, or 2015-era Peyton Manning) who you need to take advantage of NOW. Today it means you hit on a talented rookie quarterback (some people...

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